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English title:
Plant protection
Course ID:
953100
ECTS credits:
3,0
Title in native language:
Pflanzenschutz
Term Semester:
Autumn/Winter
Instruction language(s):
German
Course content:
- Definitions and terminology

- Biology of pests and pathogens and their relevant plant symptoms

- Economic relevance of pests, pathogens and crop protection

- Biological, chemical, biotechnological and transgenic measures of crop protection

- National and international organsiations in plant protection

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Expected previous knowledge:
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Learning outcomes:
Graduates
+ have a basic knowledge of plant pathology
+know the responibility and the tasks of plant protection
+ are able to differ between biotic and abiotic damages
+ know the relevant characteristic of plant diseases, pests and weeds
+ know the main important management treatments und their difference in the protection of plants against diseases, pests and weeds
+ know important examples of pests, diseses and weeds
+ are able to characterize fungi and fungal like organsims based on their main characteritics
+ know the basic diseases cycles
+ know the main transmission systems of pests and diseses
+ are able to assign nematodes as pests or as beneficial organisms
+ know the principal systematics of pests
+ know main symptoms due to pests
+ know main systems of diagnosis of plant pathogens
+ know the main beneficial organisms in plant protection
+ know about the interaction of weeds and crop plants
+know protectiv, physical, mechanical, biotechnolocigal, biological and chemical measuremts agains plant pathogens and pests (including examples)
+ know the groups of pesticides and their field of application
+ know the regulatory framework of plant protection in Austria and EU
+ know the danger symbols for pesticieds
+ know the basics of categorization of pesticides
+ know the legals basic for authorization of pesticides
+ are competent to recieve a "Ausbildungsbescheinigung"
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Teaching and learning methods:
oral presentation
Exam method:
Multiple choice:
rating scheme:
Very good: ≥ 86 %
Good: ≥ 74 %
Satisfactory: ≥ 62 %
Sufficient: ≥ 50 %
Fail:

Organisation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Country:
Austria
Acronym:
BOKU
ERASMUS+ code:
A WIEN03
Teaching period summer semester:
22. Feb 2021 - 30. Sep 2021
Teaching period winter semester:
13. Oct 2020 - 21. Feb 2021